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“We’re using virtual reality to assess their competency in managing an emergency patient case,” explained Robert Moore, CEO of Virtual Education Systems.

Moore also said trainees can do the same things they would do to a real patient, such applying an IV, performing CPR and intubating.

“It makes you feel like you’re there even if you don’t have a patient in front of you,” Alan Jimenez, virtual reality trainee, said.

The program could also make grading more fair.

“It’s automatically tracked and graded so we take out all the subjective and grade them objectively and their performance instead of somebody else’s views,” said Rob McGilloway, Division Chief of the department.

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